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To What Extent Are Journalists and Journalistic Practice Important in the Fiction of Ernest Hemingway?
Ernest Hemingway is perhaps one of the most famous American writers of his time. Before becoming a writer, however, Hemingway was a journalist and a war correspondent (Meyers 1982:1). This essay will focus on the extent to which journalists and journalistic practice are important in Hemingway’s fictional work The Sun Also Rises (1926).
By Aarushi Shetty6 years ago in Geeks
Alone in Berlin: A Culture Shock
I came across Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada through my University reading list. It is a fictional novel that is inspired by true events. It has very often been compared to non-fiction books due to its closeness to the reality of Germany during Hitler’s regime. As it is inspired by real life events, the case itself seems to have been re-written based on the articles Fallada found in the newspaper at the time.
By Aarushi Shetty6 years ago in Geeks
40 Books from the 1920s
As the 2020s approaches, it is time to look back on to the decade that is probably best to relate it to. The 1920s, also coined as "the Jazz Age" or the "Roaring 20s," was an age of progressive gender relations, an age of decadence and finally, with the Wall Street Market Crash, an age of absolute terror by the end of the decade.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
30 Great Books of the 1940s
With race, gender, and politics becoming evermore popular, the 1940s were probably most famous for bringing everyone together during one of the most violent wars in human history: World War II. As the world rose against Adolf Hitler, books and films took over the shelves and screen to become the most popular forms of entertainment—and music was roaring out in the most stylish of fashions.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
My Favourite Books of All Time
I love sharing book lists with people and I love it even more when people contact me telling me that they've enjoyed some of the stuff they've read by me and taken away one or two books from the list to read. I rarely do lists concerning my personal favourite books of all time and yet, I know that I should because there are people out there that should know that I am not just about the classics.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
30 Great Books of the 1980s
There were many great things about the 1980s, first of all there was the music. The music of the 80s was the beginning of the dance scene, which was a smooth mixture between the synth of the 70s and the pop music that was slowly climbing and about to make a resurgence well into the 90s. Another great thing about the 80s was the TV shows. I have to admit to my fair share, such as Dallas and that sort. Finally, yes, we have some of the greatest albums of all time including Michael Jackson's Thriller which went on to become the greatest selling album of all time.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Philippa Gregory: The Top 5 Works
Philippa Gregory will always have a special place in my heart as being my favourite author of all time. The woman is an incredible writer of voice and personality. Her books are a timeless example of what happens when history meets fiction and when that meets great writing. Her first person accounts in which her books are normally written are brilliant evocative of the time, place, speed, history, relations and much more of what she is trying to convey.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Reviewing 'The Fault in Our Stars'
‘’My thoughts are stars I can’t fathom into constellations.’’—John Green The Fault In Our Stars is a novel written by John Green, describing the life of a 17-year-old girl (Hazel) with Thyroid cancer, and her short relationship with a boy named Augustus from a first person point-of-view. During the novel, the readers witness the development of love between these two teenagers, but as the novel gets closer to the end, Augustus (who was a cancer survivor) gets informed that his cancer has spread again and that this time, the chances of him surviving are not likely. At the very end, after Augustus passes away, Hazel finds a letter which he had sent to her favorite author (Peter Van Houten), and the novel ends by the end of the letter. There are three parts in this letter, which are going to be analyzed in this essay before coming to the conclusion if whether or not it was a good way to end the novel, with Augustus’s letter: The beginning, middle, and end.
By Dena Sehati6 years ago in Geeks
Bret Easton Ellis: The Top 5 Works
When you think about Bret Easton Ellis, you're most likely to think of the man who created the feared antagonist Patrick Bateman, or the man who created the tragic Julian, or even the man who most recently wrote on racial divides and how he feels about identity politics in the modern world (somewhat controversial, but understood all the same).
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Carson McCullers: The Top 5 Works
Carson McCullers is one of my personal favourite writers of the modern age. Whatever she writes, she writes with beauty and passion, and every single word seems as if it has been specially chosen for its position in a sentence and every sentence for its position in the text. Though Carson McCullers didn't live very long, I do think that her body of work (though short) is pretty impressive. I always identify with her lonely and struggling characters who hold it all inside as they walk, discontented through meaningless lives, seeking something other than what they have. The eternal displacement.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
James Baldwin: The Top 5 Novels
James Baldwin is quite possibly the most quintessentially brilliant writer of the Civil Rights Movement and also in all respects, the most well-known. He is a man of incredible words, using his literature to reflect a society that was fuelled by their hatred against people of his own skin colour. I believe that citing him as the Malcolm X of Literature would be correct. A man who has done nothing wrong but is still hated purely because of the colour of his skin. One of the most powerful writers in black history (well, in every colour of history really!), James Baldwin is basically the superman of Modern Black Lives in Literature.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
Truman Capote: The 5 Best Works
Truman Capote is one of my all-time favourite authors, and I can honestly say that I made an effort to read and re-read all of his works from start to finish. His writing style is beautifully modern, with an almost crisp romanticist feel to it. It's very Byronic and shaded with the grand mysteries of life, it becomes a reflection, a mirror of the society and social circles that Truman Capote was mingling with.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Geeks
